The EU-UNDP Central Asia Drug Action Programme (CADAP) handed over
two sets of specialized equipment and two refrigerators to the
toxicological laboratory under the Forensic Medical Bureau of the Kyrgyz
Ministry of Health.The equipment (rapid thin layer chromatography system
including reagents and calibration standards) will be used for drug
detection and drug identification in humans. Use of the equipment will
significantly speed up the analysis of the presence of drugs and the
results will be more reliable and reproducible.The total cost of the
equipment is e1/4 13,300.An operational training on the use of the
equipment for staff of the toxicological laboratory will be held in
Bishkek in August 2009.The overall objective of the EU-UNDP CADAP
Programme is to foster a public health approach to drug demand and an
interdiction approach to drug supply in line with the European
Commission drug strategies.CADAP is funded by the European Union and
implemented by UNDP.

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